The Five Most Influential Authors in the History of Aliens

An alien information theory is a book about how simple systems can self complexify, deform larger. It's based on the idea that at the lowest level of reality there is a digital system running according to very, very simple rules. And then through these levels of hierarchical organization sits complex life such as ourselves. I got from terence mcanna, what are your five most influential books, or five books that were really influential in writing alien information theory developingtlike that? For me, one of them would be a guy called stuart calfman. i'm interested in people who think differently to to everyone else, who seem to have tacped into some kind of profundity the ground of